- Late
Latin past
participle stem of peiorare,
meaning "to make worse", from
peior "worse". In
historical linguistics, the
process of an
inoffensive word becoming...
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complex ways.
There were
various palatal sources:
classical Latin /jj/ (e.g.
peior "worse"); any
consonant followed by a /j/
coming from
Latin short /e/ or...
- part; to the bottom; in ruin";
pessimus "worst, lowest" (> pessimism);
peior "worse" (> pejorative);
oppidum "town" (step >
ground > town) pédon "ground...
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malleus malle-
hammer malleability, malleable,
mallet malus •
peior •
pessimus mal- •
peior- • pessim- bad •
worse •
worst dismal,
grand mal, malady, malaise...
- -ius
greater maximus, -a, -um very great,
greatest malus, -a, -um bad
peior, -ius
worse pessimus, -a, -um very bad,
worst multus, -a, -um much plūs...
- ('better') optimus, optima,
optimum ('best') malus, mala,
malum ('bad, evil')
pēior, pēius ('worse') pessimus, pessima,
pessimum ('worst') magnus, magna, magnum...
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tegna A la
gleiza d'aitals guerreiadors. Ja de lai mar non
queiratz Turcs peiors!
Count of Provence,
would soon be
freed The [Holy]
Sepulchre if your means...
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Danish ond værre værst
Romance languages French mal Latin:
malus pire Latin:
peior,
cognate to
Sanskrit padyate "he falls"
Portuguese mau pior
Spanish malo...
- */kargare/ > pre-French */tʃʲardʒʲare/ > OF
chargier From
Latin consonantal I:
PĒIOR /pejjor/ "worse" >
Western Vulgar Latin */pɛjrʲe/ > pre-French */pjɛjrʲe...
- a
summary of the
results of
several research projects over a five year
peior about young people’s behavior,
giving special attention to the millennials...
